irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@hexbear.netlinux@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@beehaw.orglinux@programming.dev
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgirelephant [he/him]🍭 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square139fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@hexbear.netlinux@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@beehaw.orglinux@programming.dev
minus-square@User79185@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoMS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭OPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoPeople will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
minus-squareNot a replicantlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoJFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
minus-square@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoThe general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not. The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
minus-square@FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoJust like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
minus-square@FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoThose people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
minus-squareNot a replicantlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoBe clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.
MS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
People will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
JFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
Or, you know, Linux, and be done with the crap
The general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not.
The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
Just like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
I’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
Those people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
Be clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.